Illuminating the New Science: Research and Education in the 21st Century

Image: South Pole auroral backdrop

Caption: Converging Frontiers

Background Photo: Aurora Australis, the Southern lights, over the National Science Foundation's station at the South Pole.

Caption: Aurora Australis, the Southern Lights, over the geodesic dome at the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The aluminum dome has housed the main station buildings since the '70s.

Source: Jonathan Berry, National Science Foundation edited by NSF, SBR

Website: http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/02/ma0228.htm

NSF Funded: yes

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